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~ Snake ring.

Place of origin: Egypt

Culture: Hellenistic

Date: 200-1 B.C.

~ Head of Isis.

Period: Roman

Date: 30 B.C.-A.D. 395

Place of origin: Egypt

Medium: Glass

~ Face of Akhenaten.

Culture: Egyptian

Period: New Kingdom; 18th dynasty, period of Akhenaten

Date: 1372-1355 B.C.

Place of origin: Amarna, Egypt


~ Rectangular plaque; side A: the name and titles of the “Sem” priest of Ptah, governor of the city, the vizier Nefer-renpet; side B: this official shown adoring the throne name of Ramesses II.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom

Medium: Glazed steatite

~ Votive relief fragment depicting the cobra-goddess Wadjet, the creator god Khnum in the form of a ram, and the goddess of truth, Ma‘at.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period/Culture: Ptolemaic Period

Medium: Limestone

~ Ostrakon with the Greek alphabet.

Place of origin: Thebes, Egypt

Date: 30 B.C.-A.D. 641

Period: Roman Imperial period

Medium: Earthenware vessel fragment with Greek script.

~ Mask.

Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty

Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Place of origin: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga (Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1906-11)

Medium: Pottery, gold leaf

The Temple of Abu Simbel c.1880s & 1967Created by Pharaoh Ramses II over 3000 years ago, controvThe Temple of Abu Simbel c.1880s & 1967Created by Pharaoh Ramses II over 3000 years ago, controv

The Temple of Abu Simbel c.1880s & 1967

Created by Pharaoh Ramses II over 3000 years ago, controversially relocated in 1968 to make way for the Aswan Dam.

First photo by Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906), Getty Museum, 84.XM.473.1 


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 The mummy of Ramesses III, circa 1912.

The mummy of Ramesses III, circa 1912.


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 The Giza pyramids, the pyramid of Khenetkawes, and the head of the Great Sphinx, Egypt, circa 1865.

The Giza pyramids, the pyramid of Khenetkawes, and the head of the Great Sphinx, Egypt, circa 1865.


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rudjedet:

absolutely in love with this 18th dynasty terracotta figure of a mourning woman, currently in the Louvre (E.27247)

 Temple of the God Horus at Behdet (Edfu), west side of the Pylon’s Entrance-Gate: statue of H

Temple of the God Horus at Behdet (Edfu), west side of the Pylon’s Entrance-Gate: statue of Horus in His form of sacred falcon (one of the two statues standing on each side of the Entrance-Gate) standing protectively over the King (identified as King Nectanebo II)


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 detail from the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sanctuary of the God Horus at Beh

detail from the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sanctuary of the God Horus at Behdet (Edfu):
the Goddess Hathor suckling Harsomtou the Child


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 the God Horus, falcon-headed, wearing the Double Crown, and represented upon a base with two sacred

the God Horus, falcon-headed, wearing the Double Crown, and represented upon a base with two sacred scarab, and the Goddess Meret raising Her hands in adoration.
Detail from a column of the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sanctuary of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera)


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 the background wall of the Inner Shrine of the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sa

the background wall of the Inner Shrine of the “House of Birth” (the Mammisi) of the Sanctuary of the Goddess Hathor at Nitentóre (Dendera)


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